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2015 DTM season


The 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season is the sixteenth season of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, since the series' resumption in 2000. The season started on 2 May at Hockenheim, and ended on 18 October at the same venue, with Mercedes Benz driver Pascal Wehrlein clinching the Drivers' Championship, Mercedes Benz's HWA AG winning the Teams' Championship and BMW taking the Manufacturer's Championship after a total of nine events.

Marco Wittmann entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, BMW Team RMG as the defending Teams' Champion and Audi as the defending Manufacturers' Champion.

Starting from Norisring, ITR introduced a system of ballast based on the results obtained in the previous race. The basis weight is 1120 kg, and performance weight ranges from a minimum of 1105 kg to a maximum of 1140 kg

The nine event calendar was announced on 3 December 2014.

Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers as follows:

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap


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